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Folios 249-250: Timothy Scriven, HMS Telegraph, Plymouth. Request for a Dispensing...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2542/86

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This record is about the Folios 249-250: Timothy Scriven, HMS Telegraph, Plymouth. Request for a Dispensing... dating from 1815 May 7 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ADM 1/2542/86
Date
1815 May 7
Description

Folios 249-250: Timothy Scriven, HMS Telegraph, Plymouth. Request for a Dispensing Order in consequence of Mr Edward Mare, Purser on HMS Telegraph being left behind at Bermuda Deranged and having destroyed many papers relative to his accounts, as stated in the letter and Certificate sent on the 4 April 1815.

Folios 251-252: enclosure with folios 249-250. Letter dated 19 June 1815 by Robert Brine, No 3 Cliffords Inn. In reply to your letter dated 19 May 1815 addressed to Captain Timothy Scriven of HMS Telegraph relating to his accounts and the dates which the Purser accounts needed a dispersment Certificate for the period 6 December 1813 to 5 December 1814.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S370
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21001836/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1815, numbers 251-450. (Described at item level).

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Folios 249-250: Timothy Scriven, HMS Telegraph, Plymouth. Request for a Dispensing...

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